Mandy Rennehan
Mandy Rennehan (a.k.a. Bear) is called the Blue-Collar CEO™ for her ability to seamlessly navigate between the white- and blue-collar worlds, and to respectfully ‘tell it like it is’.
Not only is she the Host, Designer and Contractor for HGTV’s new show, Trading Up, Mandy is a sought-after speaker, multiple award-winning self made entrepreneur, philanthropist, trade-industry ambassador and CEO/founder of Freshco.ca (not the grocery store!)
Mandy defies labels. The description she often gets is “refreshing.” Her (respectfully) uncensored honesty is matched by her quick wit, East Coast humour, and big heart. It is impossible to remain unchanged after coming into contact with this authentic, self-taught and self-made powerhouse.
Her vision goes well beyond building successful businesses. She is redefining the collar, blue™ and changing the answer to ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?’ in order to help solve the massive skilled trade shortage in North America and diversify its talent for generations of building to come.
Mandy is challenging the misconception that white-collar jobs are “better” or “more desirable” than blue-collar ones; society needs both collars!
Rennehan is also a lead advisor to the federal Governments national campaign encouraging apprenticeships and promoting the skilled trades as a career and has a book called The Blue Collar CEO, My Gutsy Journey from Rookie Contractor to Multi-Millionaire Construction Boss with Harper Collins Publishing is out now!
Mandy has received countless business awards including:
- Canada’s Most Admired CEO
- Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top CEO for the Atlantic Provinces.
- Toronto Region Board of Trade Business Leader of the Year, Top 25 Women of Influence.
- The RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur “Momentum” Award.
- Growth 500 Excellence in Innovation
- (WXN’s) Top 100 Most Powerful Women – Hall of Fame
- CGLCC- LGBT Business of the Year
- Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top CEO.
- King Charles III coronation medal, Governor General of Canada.
- Doctorate Degree from Mount Saint Vincent University
- Doctorate Degree from SAIT College.
*Freshco – We are a boutique, trend-setting retail facilities firm comprised of three divisions; Maintenance, Projects construction and Facilities. We offer customized, coast-to-coast first point of contact service to retail brands across Canada and the United States with clients such as: Home Depot, Nike, Tesla, Amazon, Apple and lots more.
“How do ya like them lobsters?”